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| HI!!!Well dearest youth group. it has been awhile for sure. Some of you i have talked to, some of you i havent. I need to call you. yes...yes i do. Well im coming home for thanksgiving, and i will be home for church Nov. 19. So you should all be there so i can see you.
Life is going good up here. It seems as though it is a blurr. time is passing by so fast.
You guys press into God alright? He is worth it. Being different. Being a Christian is worth it. Loving God.....is the best. And being loved by Him is the best. There is no limit to understanding this. Its crazy.
Alright so when i get back, it would be cool to do a movie night. It would probably be a week night though. So i will call you guys and figure something out. so we can watch NACHO LIBRE. or something. that movie is amazing. then play catch phrase or something. alrighty?
peace!
-Tyler
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| hello...hey guys. just thought i would update again. How are all of you doing? i think you guys should get xangas so you can comment on this thing and i can comment on your sites as well. heres a sweet picture.
for those of you who are not in this picture, and should have been. notify my brother cale, and get him to take your picture personally in the exact same spot, and we will photoshop you in and make you look gooooourgeous. ok? groovy. hope you guys are doing well, classes are going good and stuff. I dont have that much homework yet. just a little reading. went camping this last weekend, ask cale how that went. it was fun. It almost froze that night though, so it was a little cold. Ok. well more to come later. hopefully i will talk to you guys via phone/internet soon.
-Tyler
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| IHBSFE (It has been since forever...)since i have updated  . sorry for the delay! well my family has left me now all by myself in houghton! and the year begins.
I must say guys, this last summer has been a riot. I am going to miss all of you....ALOT. I had alot of fun getting to know most of you....alot better. because most of you guys i really didnt know that well at the beginning of summer....and to say the least, i think i know you a little better now  So thank you for making my summer awesome. I will be praying for you guys and calling you to see whats up in the not so distant future...
i think this is it for now. Chelsey...guess what....im updating the site lol. anyways, i have to pick my friend up for breakfast. i think i should update soon and show you pictures of my room and house. We repainted the whole thing and moved furniture in. It looks awesome! im so excited. Also, i will post some pictures up of some previous youth groups (like the stinking camping trip) when cale posts them onto photobucket (cale....do it already...man). So. this is it for now. you guys should get xangas so you can talk to me! ok...im done! later!
-tyler
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| so...its been awhilealright so this update has been a long time coming.....Chelsey. ;). so here we go. here are some photos from the last couple youth groups.
hmm...that is alot of people. dont you think?
jessica......is going.....going......gone. and jake...has his tongue inside his mouth...amazing.
good picture cale.
so thats only like 5 people on that tube. last i can remember....we can put 9 on there sometimes.
 rest time.
 and...im giving people jetski rides. those were fun.
and for the church picnic...where we unloaded on the clay pigeons....pictures of that are coming soon. possibly a video if i can figure out how to post it here.
anyways.....this has all been a riot has it not?
k. so you guys remember what we talked about last week? cale and i left you guys with the question "how do you view yourself, and how do you think God views you?" what do you guys think about that? I've been reading this book by dwayne roberts called "Onething," in reference to psalm 27:4 (look it up!). It has been an awesome book, really challenging how i view myself...and how i view God. Check these few paragraphs out (i realize this is long..but please read it...it is very good):
(dwayne roberts talking about how God views us)
"We've been bombarded from every angle by the media, and their message is always the same: you don't look good enough, smell good enough, sing well enough, dance well enough; you aren't smart enough, aren't rich enough; and even if you were, you would still be lacking because no one is perfect, least of all you. Think about it for a minute. This is the primary message of most commercials. They have convinced us that it matters if we buy this, shave that, wear this, smoke that, drink this, play that, eat this, and listen to that. Don't you ever get tired of being told you're not worth anyone's time, that you're not valuable- that you're not delighted in? Because that's what it boils down to.
We are constantly saturated with the "not delightful" message. We have all bought it in one way or another- that's why it is so difficult to see - but that doesn't mean it's true. It simply means we need to find the real message, the defining message, the identity-giving message. Thankfully, a commercial can never bestow identity. Our identity is not linked to this world, which means our reward is not in this world either. Our reward is God himself, in this life and in the life to come. He wants us. We can have Him. Our pursuit should be to gain the reward of having Jesus. This is how it is supposed to be."
ok...this is tyler now talking...not the book. what do you think about that? this is something that im searching for. Knowing that God wants us....that he desires us. It is the best thing ever. We are constantly looking for something. I don't care if you say you are a Christian or if you aren't one....you are still looking for something, reaching for something to fill some void you feel in yourself, and nothing in this world is going to satisfy that hunger. The reason is! God put something called eternity in Your hearts. And anything you get your hands on in this world will pass away. But God is the only one who doesnt. The only thing that really completly satisfies this craving is knowing God....knowing Jesus..knowing that Jesus is in pursuit of our hearts. Think about this. We will be talking about it the rest of the summer most likely ;).
Until wednesday!
-Tyler
p.s. What would you guys thing about doing a camping trip the first weekend in august? its like august 4-5. Friday night to saturday morning/afternoon. etc. Let me know what you guys think!
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but really, its been awhile since i have updated. anyways. so here are some pictures that i have of tonight! i will probably edit this...add some more pictures and then a nice little speech type thing with a soap box thrown in 
